Cultural Responsiveness and Equity

Cultural Responsiveness is a Restorative Practice rooted in Identity, Classroom Practice, and Community.

Responsive to what?

To be responsive to our students' identities, there are various cultures we need to be responsive to in order to yield equity in our schools.

These include things like: socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, disability, interests, attendance, gender, language, sexual orientation, or trauma.

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Cultural Responsiveness

is rooted in examination of our own teaching practices and yields equity as we engage students by honoring each of their individual experiences.

Does your classroom culture support the identities and needs of each of your students? How do you know?

CulturallyResponsiveTeaching-Matters.pdf

The PDF Document above from the Equity Alliance contains concrete and doable action steps for reflecting upon and growing our current classroom practices regarding our students' cultures. Read the characteristics of a responsive classroom culture inside!

No Place for Hate and Cultural Responsiveness - from the ADL

The ways in which No Place for Hate can empower students to come together, support one another, at all grade levels:

https://www.adl.org/who-we-are/our-organization/signature-programs/no-place-for-hate

Race - Visually Speaking

Visually Speaking is a YouTube series through NEA that invites educators and students to talk about social issues that impact them the most.

Bullying - Visually Speaking

Cultural Responsiveness yields Equity and Justice for our students...

What are some ways this might look in your work at school?

The videos to the left can help illuminate what it could look like.

Pride Month and the Rainbow Flag

The history of the flag, where it came from, and how and why this Cultural Symbol has evolved over time.

Gender Identity

Exposure to Diversity and Social Emotional Development is part of our Cultural Responsiveness and growth toward Equity.